August 12, 2008

Prostitution Ring Reaches Kirkland

A friend of mine lives not far from the house at 1942 Market Street (photo left) that got raided on Friday night. She said she had been noticing more traffic in and out of the house, along with some unfamiliar cars parked at odd hours. It appears "Lisa Thai Massage" was merely a front for prostitution and was also linked to 3 other locations in Bellevue and SeaTac with common owners, managers and workers. Maybe when they saw the graffiti a few doors down, they thought this was their kind of neighborhood. No arrests were made at the Kirkland location, but detectives from King County Sheriff's Dept will be checking records and receipts (who knew those kinda joints were so organized?).~j